Did anyone else applying to DAAD Rise-Germany in North America find it a problem that the application portal was closed prematurely? Apparently it closed according to German time, but nowhere on the website did it say what timezone would be followed. The only way to judge was the countdown clock, which was still showing hours before the application would be closed!
I applied pretty early so i didnt have that problem. My referee waited until the last day to submit my letter of reference though which was nail biting for me!